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Log on as your wife.
Press winkey-break(or start/run 'sysdm.cpl') ,/Hardware tab Open the Device manager and click the + sign next to Ports(COM & LPT).
select the printer port, e.g. ECP Printer Port (LPT1). Port Settings tab check the 'Enable legacy Plug and Play detection'
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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm ..
"Jimmy J." <JimmyJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3B07B702-B4CB-4136-8C4A-99226A15F02E@microsoft.com...
> We have one printer, it works O.K. for me as user(admin) but when my wife
> logs on it shows x'ed out on tray and does not work. Please advise, Jimmy J.
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